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Rh bear, wild-boar, badger, wolf, beaver, rat, and some birds and fishes. Grains of wheat and a variety of fruit-stones and seeds were also identified. The larger bones of two human skeletons, which appeared to have

been buried after the flesh had been removed, had also been marked with red patches of peroxide of iron. Super-imposed on this bed, but passing into it almost insensibly, were deposits of wood ashes 23$1⁄2$ inches thick, streaked with bands of grey, white and red.